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First the Wealth Gap, Now the U.S. Has a Growing Health Gap: Discover why the U.S. health gap is growing and how improving healthspan can enhance quality of life for Americans -
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How to Comfort A Dying Loved One: End-of-life expert Dr. Marianne Matzo explains some simple ways to offer solace
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Author Archives: Laura B Hayden (Blog Writer, Sevenponds)
“Housebreaking” by Dan Pope
Read between the lines of this well-told tale for the insidious effects of complicated grief
“Housebreaking,” has all the makings of a good beach read – and so much more. Since the main characters and their supporting cast span three generations — aging grandfolk, dysfunctional parents, and rebellious teens — there’s bound to be one … Continue reading
“When anxious, uneasy and bad thoughts come, I go to the sea, and the sea drowns them out with its great wide sounds, cleanses me with its noise, and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused.”
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Posted in A Rite of Passage
Tagged anxiety relief, calming quote, Inspirational quote, ocean quote, Rainer Maria Rilke, sea quote
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Finland Declares One Friday the 13th Each Year National Accident Day
Unlike the superstition, it's all about prevention -- not prediction
Do you wake up with a queasy feeling in the pit of your stomach every Friday the 13th? Since 1995, the Finnish people have attempted to relieve the anxiety on one of those fear-inspiring days every year by officially proclaiming it National Accident … Continue reading
Vietnam Memorial Traveling Walls Bring Comfort to Local Communities
The mobile "Wall That Heals" can be scheduled to visit your hometown
For those who cannot travel to Washington D.C. to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, a moving replica can come to them. Four Vietnam Memorial Traveling Walls traverse the country. Each displays the names of 58,300 servicemen and women who died … Continue reading
Our Monthly Tip: Write a Journal that Will Benefit Your Well-being
A hand-written record of your feelings can benefit your health
Our Tip of the Month Writing about how you feel physically and emotionally has immediate and long term benefits. You can focus on your health, grief, confusion about an issue — any conflict or stressor that’s on your mind. Letting … Continue reading
“Thanatopsis” by William Cullen Bryant
This classic poem is often a teen's introduction to deeply thinking about death
The 19th century poet William Cullen Bryant could not recall when he wrote “Thanatopsis.” Similarly, I long ago lost count of how many of my high school students had not thought much about their mortality before we turned to the poem in our American Literature … Continue reading
